Configuring And Enabling Mac Address Filters - Allen-Bradley Stratix 5100 User Manual

Configuring and Enabling MAC Address Filters

MAC address filters allow or disallow the forwarding of unicast and multicast
packets addressed to specific MAC addresses. You can create a filter that passes
traffic to all MAC addresses except those you specify, or you can create a filter
that blocks traffic to all MAC addresses except those you specify. You can apply
the filters you create to either or both the Ethernet and radio ports and to either
or both incoming and outgoing packets.
By using CLI commands, you can configure MAC addresses for filtering, but
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because of a NVRAM limitation, you need FTP or TFTP for more than 600 MAC
filters. By using the web browser interface, however, you can configure only up
to 43 MAC addresses for filtering.
MAC address filters are powerful, and you can lock yourself out of the access
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point if you make a mistake setting up the filters. If you accidentally lock
yourself out of your access point, use CLI to disable the filters.
Use the MAC Address Filters page to create MAC address filters for the access
point. Follow these steps to create a MAC address filter.
1. From the top navigation menu, click Services.
2. From the Services menu, click Filters to move to the Services: Filters -
Apply Filters page.
3. On the Apply Filters page, click the MAC Address Filters tab at the top of
the page.
If you are creating a new MAC address filter, make sure <NEW> (the default) is
selected in the Create/Edit Filter Index menu.
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